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Lauraceae

Mespilodaphne quixos (Lam.) Rohwer

Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Mespilodaphne

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Mespilodaphne quixos: Ocotea quixos , Lauraceae, ishpingo. Cúpulas del fruto usadas en Ecuador para aromatizar bebidas como la Colada Morada.
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
أوكوتة الإشبينكو
Quechua
Akwa ishpinku, Ikwadur ishpinku, Ikwadur kanila
Spanish
Canela de Ceilan, Canela de Ceilán

Synonyms

  • Acrodiclidium cinnamomoides (Mutis ex Kunth) Mez
  • Borbonia peruviana Juss. ex Steud.
  • Laurus cinnamomoides Mutis ex Kunth
  • Laurus quixos Lam.
  • Licaria quixos (Lam.) Kosterm.
  • Mespilodaphne pretiosa Nees & Mart.
  • Mespilodaphne pretiosa var. angustifolia Nees
  • Misanteca quixos (Lam.) Lundell
  • Nectandra cinnamomoides (Mutis ex Kunth) Nees
  • Ocotea cinnamomoides (Mutis ex Kunth) Kosterm.
  • Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.